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promises in his election campaign.
The Committee concurred in the statement con-
tained in a book published in 1960 by the National Muni-
cipal League: "The greatest single impediment to executive
unity lies in the constitutional designation of top
officials who obtain- office by popular election or by legis-
lative action."
It also concurred in the statement that Williaii
G. Colman, executive director of the Advisory Commission
on Intergovernmental Relations, made before the Committee.
In that statement Mr. Colman said; "The Commission be-
lieves that the State Constitution should provide for a
short ballot.'"
I am still quoting.
"In other words, executive authority should be
pinpointed in the governor, and should not be scattered
among many separately elected administrative officials
and boards and commissions. Just as fewer and fewer cities
find the 'commission form' of city government with its
political fragmentation tolerable. States are finding a
similar need to focus executive power in their Chief